A filter assembly adapted for insertion into an inner chamber of a pressure vessel, wherein the assembly includes: a spiral wound membrane module including at least one membrane envelope and feed spacer sheet concentrically wound about a central permeate tube extending along an axis (X) forming an inlet scroll face and outlet scroll face and a cylindrical outer peripheral surface, and a brine seal disposed concentrically about a portion of the outer peripheral surface; characterized by the brine seal including: i) a radially extending flexible lip defining a maximum outer diameter adapted to engage the inner chamber of the pressure vessel, ii) an end cap surface covering a portion of the first scroll face, and iii) at least one opening in the end cap surface for permitting fluid to flow through the inlet scroll face and into the feed spacer sheet of the module.

A humidifier has a stack unit having a plurality of water-vapor-permeable membranes which are arranged parallel one above the other and spaced apart from one another. The membranes are enclosed at the edges at least in sections by an enclosing part, wherein the enclosing parts of membranes lying one above the other are directly connected to one another in a flow-tight manner.

A desalination apparatus and a method of desalinating thereof, wherein the desalination apparatus comprises a perforated vessel and at least one engineered semi-permeable membrane that covers perforations on the perforated vessel, wherein the desalination apparatus forms a purified water from saline water when submerged in the saline water to a depth of 50-250 m to create sufficient pressure differential on both sides of the engineered semi-permeable membrane, wherein low-saline water flows through the engineered semi-permeable membrane and collected within an internal cavity of the desalination apparatus. Various embodiments of the desalination apparatus and the method of desalinating are also provided.

In a hollow fiber membrane module including a housing case, potting material loaded into the housing case, a cap attached to each of both ends of the housing case, and an O-ring closely held by the potting material and the cap, a whole area of the O-ring between a first contact point and a second contact point is exposed when the area is viewed from a central axis passing through a center of the ring shape of the O-ring, the first contact point being a point of contact between the O-ring and the cap, which faces inner cavity defined by an end surface of the potting material facing the cap, an inner circumferential surface of the O-ring and an inner circumferential surface of the cap, and the second contact point being a point of contact between the O-ring and the potting material, which faces the inner cavity.

A system for remedying deep-sea mine tailings includes a reaction basin in which the solid-liquid ratio of deep-sea mine tailings is adjusted and into which aluminum sulfate is injected as an additive for extraction of heavy metals from the deep-sea mine tailings.

The present invention relates to a gasket assembly that can be manufactured with improved productivity and significantly reduce maintenance costs, and to a fuel cell membrane humidifier comprising same. A gasket assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention is a gasket assembly for a fuel cell membrane humidifier comprising a mid-case, a cap fastened to the mid-case, and at least one cartridge disposed in the mid-case and accommodating a plurality of hollow fiber membranes, and comprises: a sub-case formed in a shape surrounding an end of the cartridge and having a first hole into which the end of the cartridge is inserted; and a gasket including a body member having a second hole into which the sub-case is inserted, a packing part formed at one end of the body member and including a protruding member in contact with the outer circumferential surface of the sub-case inserted into the second hole to prevent a fluid in the mid-case from flowing toward the cap, and an edge part formed at the other end of the body member and formed in a space formed by a groove formed at the end of the mid-case and the end of the cap.

Provided is a fuel cell membrane humidifier in which humidification efficiency is improved by preventing differential pressure loss in a humidification module. The fuel cell membrane humidifier performs moisture exchange between a first fluid and a second fluid and includes a mid-case, a second fluid inlet through which the second fluid is introduced into the mid-case, a second fluid outlet through which the second fluid is discharged to outside, a partition wall configured to divide an inner space of the mid-case into a first space and a second space, and at least one cartridge located in the mid-case and configured to accommodate a plurality of hollow fiber membranes therein. A cross-sectional area of the second fluid inlet is equal to or greater than a total area of windows constituting a first mesh hole unit and arranged in a mesh shape in the at least one cartridge for fluid communication with the first space.

A movable seal for interfacing between a first surface and a second surface includes a floating portion attached to a non-floating portion by a flexible coupling portion, wherein the non-floating portion is coupled to the first surface by nesting in a groove on the first surface, and wherein the non-floating portion forms a seal between the first and second surfaces when the first surface moves relative to the second surface in a first direction, and wherein the non-floating portion does not form a seal between the first and second surfaces when the first surface moves relative to the second surface in a second opposite direction.

The present invention relates to: a cartridge for a fuel cell humidifier for humidifying dry gas supplied from the outside by using wet gas discharged from a fuel cell stack; and a fuel cell humidifier, the cartridge comprising: an inner case having an opening at the end thereof, and having a plurality of hollow fiber membranes contained therein; and a first gas inlet and a first gas outlet formed to be spaced from each other in a first axial direction in the inner case, wherein: the inner case comprises a first segment having the hollow fiber membranes contained therein, a second segment spaced from the first segment on the basis of a second axial direction that is vertical with respect to the first axial direction, and a third segment positioned between the first segment and the second segment on the basis of the second axial direction; and the average thickness of the third segment is thinner than each of the average thickness of the first segment and the average thickness of the second segment.

Systems and methods for electrochemical separation are provided. An electrochemical separation device may include at least one cell pair wound around an electrode to from a bundle having a racetrack configuration.